Snow

Justin Smidstra·2024-02-01

Rev. Justin Smidstra offers a pastoral meditation on snow that encourages readers to view winter weather through the lens of Scripture and God's sovereign power. The article explores biblical passages that illustrate God's control over creation, the artistic beauty of His handiwork, and the spiritual symbolism of snow's whiteness as a picture of purity and holiness. This reflective piece combines practical encouragement for daily Christian living with theological insight drawn from careful biblical exegesis.

When the snow flurries fall at this time of year, we are often not very happy to see them. The cold can be unpleasant. The shoveling can be a nuisance. The roads become slippery and travel treacherous. The snow causes some extra parental anxiety as the new drivers in the family head off to school. As the winter months wear on, one way for us to be more cheerful is to think upon the snow in a different way and look at it through the lens of God's Word. In the snow God reveals something of the...

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